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e part of your money but the Cause—the C3.15e -Ras abandoned to ineNfiable perdition, whether 1 you succeded or you failed . . It stood upon your joint testi'llony, your reciprocal secrecy, your common FIE. DELITY and ADHERENCE I. it ever you' quarrelled, if ever the truth pervaded, if the real-motives and cre dibility of either were at any time to be discovered . and inquired into, there . was an end : of it ;. and:y . ou must hate known, when you balarded all the great interests of your-con fedreates;-t hat you did not merely hazard, but betray them. Shall I' be toid am sure . . neitherWArrumAN,nOr COBBETT, nor evenGooDßa- Tr ERE will be told that you offered a COMPRomtsg, and that you did not attempt to save the remains of your shattered fortune by standing trial, till Mrs. CLARKS, cot:fident in her falsehoods, relused every middle. term, every treaty of amity and reconciliation ? Will. you allege therefore, that-the treachery to the COMmon Canse, and the justification of the Duke of YORK, are to be laid at her doors . and . not at your own I cannot accept this excuse. — You knew that Mrs. CLARKE was not pledged in this cause, but Isired to it—this deponent was rtot to; con tribute, but to rective i and-if she was hill las long as she was paid, she broke no contra& • either with you or your party;--site was not; tliat I know of, eit ber Jacbbin or Reformer, unless, iczcdeed, by the month, and at , so much per head for a Broker-Ge or a-slmoniscal Priest ;—you knew, -besides, her hardihood and alacrity at deposing, and having so often bought her evidence, you ought in com mon prudence to have concluded, that it .Wbuld . tsiot be for want of testimony, that a prosecuto7', adopted and backed by her, would m.:-csrry. Godly &Ann& cent, COLT:11110,11 Sense would have told you that you had not ,a chance of 'fecoyrring in ft . '. salon ; you could hardly expect to- be spared lot your teuu. !jeux, :ind to be more fondly • remembered than her former benefactor : and at any • rate, - as the necessary issue of it was to:plunge one of . you into the lowest infancy, as there was rid other alternative or dilenima -.within • the scope-and power Of possibility, you were deliberately and propensely yindiCating and reinstating the j 'aike of Yottx, in that ore and proud integrity, that high and exalted character, of which you had so: Jar contrived to de- Spoil him. This is certainly an a& of treason to the Jacobin cause; and they will the , less forgive it, be 'Cause you yourself have derived nothing-but defea t and tli , grace from it, and are stillObstinatelyprocet d . big further, in. opposition to their views,. by a Piosecution for Pcrjury; from:. - -the issue of Which' .Whether You Or Mrs. - CLARkE shall be Made' the victims of publiC• justice, an equal advantage must result to that injured.Princ'e, and to all the sup taoi-terS of the Mojesty of the'HoUse of Brunswick ! Col:ll3E7'T pot remember you for this in his dsilnkets fits-or can he drink to the " destruction,'' ,vat no head 'or family, but. his sOVereign's ? • let.A,Sir, he has represen:ed.you already as upon a par wi,h—as a full match for the authority of. the King ; and yoCiniay be already - aSsociatcd.withyour ' master, in his feverish andbloody- dreams, and . des tined to the same altar of his allegianc !.. . . - -.1 have the honour to be, Bze • BRITANNICUS. MAILS. . < • p. ai v ED-1 Malta, t Dublin, ['Waterford. DLit z Got tenburgh, t Malta, r Waterford. PRICE OP STOCKS , THIS DAY. AT TWaLy It O'CLOCK. Consols - - 671 68 I Othniuin . pr.- TEI E SU N. 110Llat QUIS DlCial 1/A,LSUAI L 0 N D ON, ii-IiTBSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1809. Plivate Letters have this mrrning been received in Town, announcing the important intelligence of the surrender of Flushing; but we - feel ii to be our duty to slate that no such accounts have been 'received at the Admiralty, either by Telegraph or othe i rwise, of such an event•having taken place. We have, how ever, very little doubt of the fact, for the bombard ment was so dreadful, that it was almost impossible that thlawcri should hold out many' d:►ys. The following Letter contains the most detailed account of this important conquest : " MIDDLEBURG H, TUIti . DAY, AITZRNOON, A-uGUsT 15, 1809. • ." Flushing, after having been exposed, during The two last nights„•to a most tremendous, bom bardment, offered to surrender at half past .two this morning. The place has not yet been formally taken possession of by the British troops ; but the delay has arisen, not from any supposition that the garrison could possibly hold out longer, or any con sequent difficulty respe6ting terms, but for the pur pose of adjusting satisfsElOrily some details of mi nor importance; which, though not'esse,ritial to the merits, are necessary to the execution of the condi.. ►i o ns of surrender. The garrison are to be, prisoners of war ; and,. indeed, such had been the progress made by the Bri !isii-na-;a1 and land forces against the yiprks fortress, that the enemy could net hope to obtain any better terms than those of an unconditional stir- render. It is utderstood that the 95th, and•the _ German regiment of COlonel Tialkeit, will take. o . s sessiop of the gates of the town at ,six o'clock this evening, when the British flag will be hoisted on the rartipaitk;. and the whole olthe . lsland shall then be completely in possession of the British- army,' The terrible havocinia de clie iombordnen t of Sunday, in the ton of Flushing, induced the Go-, vernor to offer yesterday terms of capitulatiOn. The offer; however, was .not considered admissible, and' consequently the - borntardment was resumed •Vc' ;ith equal vigour, but .more efrea, last night, and, the , firinrdid not cease till ; half past two o'clock this morning, when terms nearly of unconditional sur- render were broposed by the garrison. ." 'The.nature of - the enemy's offer yesterday. has not transpired, but-the rejeklion of it, in the' most preremptory manner, is said to have arisen from tje demand. on . the p.art of the French Governor of more Eavnurab7e terms for the Irishmen in the garrison of Finshing, than the British General ,could with pro- priety grAnt, or the Fren9hOian had any right to ex, peEt. That point is now, however, settled, and the fortune of %var has confirmed to British valour the unqualified redufion of the place. It is. not yet possible..to.collea any materials to form a corre& estimate:of-the loss on the part of the French, or of the extent of the injury sustained by the town. That must he the business of actual ob ,ervation and detailed. inquiry. .It is . most .satisfac tory, however, - to_ be able to state, that the loss of ' the . British army is comparatively smolt, when .the strength Of the enemy:s works, 'the pbstinacy of their resistance; and the eager imptaosity of our t roops in the contest, are taken into consideration. The whole of our loss does nor exceed eight or Aline • "hundred in kilted, wounded, arrid . niissing.' " The loss on the part of the line-Of-battle, sbips i which had a most important and .a most exposed post assigned to them, is not . YetknoWn ; but from ' the incessant fire, and the consequent bo.Vock and Confusion amongst the defenders of 'the batteries op-. posed to thern, it is fair to conclude that it could not have been considerabig. • With the town tumbling about them in ruins, and'a well direaeci apd accu mutated file -against the batteries, it was scarcely possible for the enemy to retUrn the fire with equal or adequate 'effect : The ships, therefore, though most ekosed, 'could scarcely have. Suffered very ma terially under such circumstances ; and the value of the acquisition; no less than the splendor of rite con quest, must be greatly heightened by the - inferiority of the sacrifice made for its attainment. " . :Every effort was made during the co . urseof last 'week.to complete the batteries, in . or,lei that no de lay should take place in the attack of the town, as ' soon as• the ships of War destined to co-operate with the army,should come in to their station., By fatigable and unremitted exertions• on the part of both services,: the whole . of 'the preparations coMplete at an early hour on Sunday. Ahem past two, P.M. the bombardment counneticed,r.ai..d continued without the slightest interini,siop until 5 • • • o'clock. The town was set:firu to placyz: and the works of the enemy materially injured. Such was the tremendous extent and continuity of the ex plosion on both sides, that several Off=icers, who have been in most,of the great battles which have decided the fate of nations an the Continent, declare, that' they never witnessed_ sq terrible And destructive a cannonade. Besides the impression made. on the town and its defence by this bOmbardment, an im portant battery in front of the town was taken from the enemy, an acquisition the more valuable, because it was so situated as to give the enemy the means of greatly' annoying the British troops in their ap-- proaches. " litimbled by all. these circumstances, and pressed, — too, by the disastrous result of another sortie, the enemy moderated his tone, and con descended to proffer those terms of capitulation which the COmmander in Chief felt himself bound in duty and honour to meet with instantaneous rejeEtion,— A short interval of hostility ensued, but the awful panne served only to augment by contrast the horrors of the renewed bombardrnent. Soon after dark the tremendous cannonade was resumed, and it would not be an exaggeration to state, that.the whole Island was shaken by the effel of the expldSion. " Taking advantage of the night, and die im pression wade upon the enemy. by the fire from the E,lglish batteries, the advanced party oflialkett's German regiment, and of the, 32d, pushed on agaibq. two batteries occupied by the Fretidly in advadce before the town. A sharp and obstinate confliEt en sued between them and ihe party of the enemy sta 7 . tioned on the batteries.' But the arrival of reinforce , ments gave the enemy a temporiry superiority, and Our troops were repulsed in the fir.t; instance with . . some loss. " Not intimidated/ however, by this check, they advanced main to the attack ; and as they did not discharge their tire..is they proceeded, ,they were ►in ermixed with the enemy in their own batteries, be- fore anyefforfwas maddto impede or repulse them. The confli& at close qnarters, which succeeded, was pot of loUg duration, and terminated in the dis Pe r of the 'French, and the consequent capture of Otis advantageOus pogition, and of the formidable batteries ereaed upon it. BATTLE OF IPA.:;EAm. AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT No date. • 13y the 4th, the enemy had completed the nevi hridge from the Isle of Lobau acro,s a branch cf the Danube, in which he was much favoured, both " The possession of these batteries by the British . - army, : placed the town at.itS mercy, arid this con siderioti, combined with the success of our'opera tions 41 all the other parrs of the line, and the dreact ful carnage and destruEtion the town', reduced the French .Commandant to make . that proposition which caused, the firing to ,ceaso this- morning, and' will place the important fortresS of Flushing at the disposal ~of the Sovereign of Great Britain-. The dawn of light exhibited flags of fruce•flying on every bastion of the place, and the result has been such as before stated. by the ground and by, an immense number of art ii -Ter.., The Imperial,and Royal-A.1.49y was drawn up on the eminence behind the rivulet Russ, ex tending its right - win-beyond Snssessbrunn and Kagran, and its left beyond MarkgrafeneUsiedel.. The centre was posted .near Wagram. The enemy, having,, in the night - between' the. 4th ; and, sth, crossed over to the left bank of the Dan large masses .appeared very early, :,in the morning 'in the . , plain. Not long before noon he attacked the line of the Imperial and Royal . army in all' its points.' Biit his greatest exertions were directed against the cell "'The (Tern tioils will, now be prosecuted with tre, probably with a view 4i forcing it. " His promptitti:;L: and . vigour .ft)r, ,the' accomplishment of the ulterior objcBs "of the Expedition . . We' knbw o t whether Sir John Hope or Lord Roslyn have made any movement in advance, The head-gnat-Ws of the former were :yesterday at Sehoer, those of the latter at Goes; whilst Batz was. occupied by tJse. .Guards. It is now Opposed here that the French have not any very formidable force at Antwerp, so that when reinforced by the army from . . this island, the army in Beveland will be able to proceed to the ac complishinept of the remaining objeCiS of the Expe dition. Indeed, Lord Rosslyn and Sir John Hope were expeCled, either yesterdayor,this.day; to pass. the narrow channel of the Scheldt, near, Bathi, on. their route to Antwerp, so that probaply the next accounts'will contain intelligence•of the highest in terest and iniporiance.". We this morning received Jamaica Papers. to the 'Bth ult. They contain an account of the 'troops under General PARMICHAEL having landed at Domingo on .the 30th June, but:no intelligence had reached Jamaica. respeEting their operations. _ Advice was received at the Admiralty this morn ing of the arrival of thq Acasta frigate in the Downs, with 1400 French prisoners. • A ship has arrived at` Liverpool Nirhich sailed from New York, on 'the 2 tst ult. Intelligence .uf the non-ratification of.the Treaty b,.tvveen that Country In the centre, .as well as in - the right wing, the enemy suffered very considerably. Six thousiu4- and Great Britain- had reached New York just before this `ship de s partcd, and excited gredt agitation in the public mind. It w a s rumoured that the Ameri can Government would -- again carry into -execution Non-Intreoun'ie,A.o: • • prisoners were taken from him; among whom sore We learn by an American Paper received yester day,. dared July 6, that a brig from St, Cioix had arrived, which.wa : ,boarded hit- 23 deg. 19 min. N. long. 6.7 drg. 31 min.W. by hii Majesty's ship' Latona, with the French frigate Felicite in tow, which she had captured . the day before. Three Frenchmen were killed in the .atlion, but happily ftere seas fio loss in the LOtona. Tiiis morning . Gibraltar Papers to the• .2ed - ult . reached town, from which we ho.-e made some ex trak-As. .. We shall be happy to lave it in ow..power' to confirm the intelligence they contain. The Morning Chronide of s yesterday has proposed to the consideration of the Public a most extra ordinary alternative.—Thu alternative.—The alternative' is, that -Sir ARTHUR WELLESt.gy's Army Must have been left. destitute, either through the negligence of the Spanish, or through the improvidence of the British Government. Sir ARTHUR'S Dispatches have been as ample and as explicit as we, for our part, wish to see them. We shall not, therefore, by any idle conjectures, attempt additions to them, nor_shall we throw blame where he has been either silent, or thought-fit to abstain from doing it. But really it is more.than 'hadierpus to pietendfliat Sir ARTHUR'S career had been impeded by the mismanage cent of this Government. It was not from hence that he was to have had iris miles-, Or from hence that he Was . to have received such supplies as an'advancing army can-obtain no where but upon the spot.— : We ‘ can venture to say, and without fear of contra - dietion, that- the British' Army in Spain has no complaints to utter against this Country ; and if there4ere . impeThments to its advance, those im pediments are not to be looked for here . at home, but elsewhere. But, in saying this, let us. not omit-to observe, that there niay bare been the best disposi tion in Spain to supply Our wants, arid yet that dis . 7. position , clay have been of no avail: -:It-would argue , a poor knowledge of that Country- if we were not to admit that the means- of cotumunication are worse -there than- in- any other the -least civilized part of -IF.urope, and according to the means of communica: thin so must the means exist of coliel:ting supplies fol : ,:nvadv . ancjng army ; but, More than this, let us re collm that. the British had to penetrate a Country . , • - hich-had already been exhausted by* enemy, and this alone, without any other cause, might have peen sufficie:3l, to check oar career, - tacks,. though repeated with the greatestimpetuo sity and supported by an immense number of ord. , •. wince, among which were many batteries of the hea viest calibre, proved this day abortive. The firing ceased at ten o'clock at night. The Imperial and Royal army had.onthe, whole of its line maintained its position, and made a - considerable number of pri soners, among whom there are many Saxon, Baden. ese,ltalian, and Portuguese soldiers. On - the 6th in the morning at. 'four o'clock, the enemy renewed his attacks with still larger masses ,and greater impetuosity than on .the preceding T . day. Even thus _his efforts against the. centre, and the, right wing were attended - with so little success, that the latter had even gained such advantages as to justify_ the expedation of the . . completest viaory, when the enemy, with fresh', divisions and great superiority, suddenly •pene••- trated the left wing near Markgrafen-Neusiedel, . • • and succeeded, after an obstinate engagement, hi compelling it to retreat,' One of the wings of the Royal and Imperial army being thereby exposed, his Imperial and Royal Highness the Archduke - and Generalissimo, -has direaed the retreat by the way, of. Stammersdorf and the Elsa(1)11'M, in conse quence of which the army occupies. a new position, covering the communication with Bohemia. This retreat was* made good in the best order and without material loss. three Generals. He ,1-ikewise lost twelve Cannon . , with ammunition, and was in every respect so much weakened, that he has not attempted _since to put-- sue the Imperial and 11,,yal army farther; Gener4l Lasalle is among the dead. The Itnpeiial and Royal Army has also io lab ment a great .loss; 'ln General Nordmann it has : , been deprived of a very eminent officer. Generals• Peter Vecsai, D'Aspre - , and Vukassovitz, are with. out hopes' of recovery. Generals Prince of Hesse' Homburgh, Stutterheim, and Paar, are Jess se' :verely wounded. His IMperial Highness the Ge' neralissimo himself, and . Prince LiChtenstein,' ceived slight musket.woubds, which, however, Will not be attended with: any dangerous consequences. It remains to be observed, that the whole army bas again. afforded such proofs of courage and persever -- ance, - as not to cloud our future pros Peas with an)' apprehensions. - All the branches of the Scheldt, as far up as For t Wet; have been scoured by our Ships of War. • •1 Yesterday a splendid fete was given at Oatlauds in honour of the Birthday of his Royal Highness the Duke of.Youx. The QUEEN, lice PRINCESSES, their ROYAL BROTHERS, and altri-ost. the. whole of the ROYAL FAMILY, Were present. His Royal Highneo the Duke of YORK was, hoWever, from inctisposi- . tion, prevented !roil) attending himself. The Dukes of CAMBRIDGE and CUMBERLAND, and the Princess ELIZABETH, did not leave town until the afternoon , but they arrived in time to partake of the festivities . The 'company at the dinner was numertius,, , ,;,)tistst OT all the -Nobi;ity and persons of fashion Who re-4 16 at present in this part of the . _county, besides mx'l who carne from distant quarter, to mist in coainte • morating 'the anniversary of his' Royal Highness' s. • birth. The Ball, which did' not comtnence until, a la te hour, was extremely brilliant. The chandeliers 07 - lustres 'produced a pleasing 'etfeCt, while wreaths 0 ' flowers and beautiful decorations. added to the charm s Of the festive scene. ,11 Government' has given orders for sending uiih possible dispatch supplies of arms and ammunit i°ll to Spain, and particularly to the Marquis DE fit ROMANA'S army. Of twenty thousand °laud of ;10' intended for this purpose, five,Thousand have berg already embarked, and the remainder will be shipPe in the cour.se.ofa few days.. Conside:ranle„suPP lid -of dot bin have been al-o contracted for hy_ the nishembassy here-, ,- Among the supp . Hes,.- - pair of stockings (cotton), 2.5 . ,00 . 0 pair of ;lioe7;fi 25,000 shirts, 25,000 stocks and cravats, 25,000 haversacks, are now. preparing with 'the at- most 'promptitude. - The Light House on - the...Bell-Bock, at the • of theFrith of Furth, fotrtlie:Cdhstruci ion of which ii: considerable has'heen.grarited^by already 20 feet high ; and as every (fit-Het:ll,h. b e i 5 overcotne, there is in, doOt mat two,be. 44 ' )l More it will be. completely finished: : It is bull the principles of the Eddystone, — hut s preailS - -more at the base; which is 42 fret dimn,ter, er 'whi be 116 -feet in , height, which is le4- Ulan the Eddystone.